Things could only get better back in 1997: British music had a swagger and charm seen in acts ranging from Oasis and Blur to the Spice Girls.
In some ways, 1997 has never been more relevant: listen and look hard enough and you’ll find references from that era everywhere. It’s not just someone blasting D:Ream’s New Labour anthem outside a soggy Downing Street; spend any time on Depop and you’ll see 90s sartorial choices that take their cues from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Clueless littering the shopping baskets of gen Z.
